neo_prop_perms

POC Property Level Permissions for Neo4j

Setup

1. Build it:

    mvn clean package
   

2. Copy jar to to the plugins/ directory of your Neo4j server.

    cp target/property-level-permissions-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar neo4j-enterprise-3.3.0/plugins/.
   

3. Configure Neo4j by adding these lines to conf/neo4j.conf:

    dbms.security.procedures.roles=com.maxdemarzi.connected:secured       
    dbms.security.procedures.unrestricted=com.maxdemarzi.*
   

4. Start Neo4j server.

Instructions

1. Loggin as neo4j admin user, set your new password if needed.

2. Create the schema:

    CALL com.maxdemarzi.generateSecuritySchema;
   

3. Create a user with property rights:

    CALL com.maxdemarzi.createUserWithPropertyRights('max', 'swordfish', false);
                    
    the parameters are:
    
    CALL com.maxdemarzi.createUserWithPropertyRights(username, password, mustChange);
   

4. Create some data:

    CREATE (n1:Person {name:'Tom', age:37})
    CREATE (n2:Person {name:'Tim', age:38})
    CREATE (n1)-[:KNOWS]->(n2);
   

5. Give user 'max' access to the name property of n2.

    MATCH (n2:Person {name:'Tim'})
    CALL com.maxdemarzi.addUserPermission('max', n2, 'name') 
    YIELD value RETURN value; 
   

6. Using Cypher-shell (in the Neo4j/bin directory) log in as user 'max', password 'swordfish'.

7. Try a query:

    CALL com.maxdemarzi.connected('Person', 'name', 'Tom', 'KNOWS', 2)
    YIELD value RETURN value;
   

You will not be able to log in via the Browser with the user "max", because it requires the Reader role.